"hitbox" meaning in English

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          "word": "hurtbox"
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          "ref": "2023 December 27, Zachary Small, “Video Games Let Them Choose a Role. Their Transgender Identities Flourished.”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "Veronica Ripley, 32, often speaks to friends about the role that video games played in her trans awakening: “I would try to explain it away, saying that I was playing the girl character because she had a smaller hitbox or quicker kill animations,” she said, referring to in-game advantages.",
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          "ref": "2024 March 16, Rishabh Sabarwal, “Fortnite hitboxes: Do skins have a competitive advantage?”, in Dexerto:",
          "text": "However, Fortnite players believe that each skin has varying hitboxes, offering them a competitive advantage.",
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        "An invisible shape bounding all or part of a model (in a video game, etc.) used in collision detection to determine whether another object collides with the model."
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        "(computer graphics) An invisible shape bounding all or part of a model (in a video game, etc.) used in collision detection to determine whether another object collides with the model."
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          "word": "osumalaatikko"
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          "roman": "xitboks",
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          "word": "хитбокс"
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        "(computer graphics) An invisible shape bounding all or part of a model (in a video game, etc.) used in collision detection to determine whether another object collides with the model."
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  "word": "hitbox"
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